La Phir Aik Bar Wohi Badah-o-Jaam Ae Saqi (لا پھر ایک بار وہی بادہ و جام اے ساقی)

 

La Phir Aik Bar Wohi Badah-o-Jaam Ae Saqi!

(لا پھر ایک بار وہی بادہ و جام اے ساقی)

Set out once more that cup, that wine, oh Saki!

La Phir Ek Baar Wohi Bada-o-Jaam Ae Saqi

Haath Aa Jaye Mujhe Mera Maqam Ae Saqi

Set out once more that cup, that wine, oh Saki—

Let my true place at last be mine, oh Saki!

Teen Sou Saal Se Hain Hind Ke Maikhane Band

Ab Munasib Hai Tera Faiz Ho Aam Ae Saqi

Three centuries India’s wine‐shops have been closed,

And now for your largesse we pine, oh Saki

Meri Meenaye Ghazal Mein Thi Zara Si Baqi

Sheikh Kehta Hai K Hai Ye Bhi Haraam Ae Saqi

My flask of poetry held the last few drops—

Unlawful, says our crabb’d devine, oh Saki.

Sher Mardon Se Huwa Baisha-e-Tehqeeq Tehi

Reh Gye Sufi-o-Mullah Ke Ghulam Ae Saqi

Truth’s forest hides no lion‐hearts now:

Men grovel before the priest, or the saint’s shrine, oh Saki.

Ishq Ki Taigh-e-Jigardar Ura Li Kis Ne

Ilm Ke Hath Mein Khali Hai Niyam Ae Saqi

Who has borne off Love’s valiant sword?

About an empty scabbard Wisdom’s hands twine, oh Saki

Sina Roshan Ho Tou Hai Souz-e-Sukhan Ayn-e-Hayat

Ho Na Roshan, Tou Sukhan Marg-e-Dawam Ae Saqi

Verse lights up life, while heart burns bright,

But fades for ever when those rays decline, oh Saki!

Tu Meri Raat Ko Mehtaab Se Mehroom Na Rakh

Tere Paimane Mein Hai Mah-e-Tamam Ae Saqi!

Bereave not of its moon my night;

I see a full moon in your goblet shine, oh Saki!

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